Energy and environment

In the face of major climate change and depletion of resources, development of sustainable, affordable and non-polluting engineering and energy solutions are vital to the future of global economic growth and our society as a whole.

Key research expertise

Hydrogen

Generation
Storage
Processing
Utilisation
Hydrogen in Materials

Nuclear

Monitoring
New materials development for harsh environments
Systems reliability
Structural engineering
Structural integrity
UAVs/robotics

Power electronics

GaN and SiC power electronics and reliability
Ultra-high efficiency power electronics
Grid-level power electronics, sensor-driven electronics
Renewable power generation

Green and sustainable energy

Pico and micro-hydropower generation
Microgrids
Energy Storage
Whole energy systems
Energy efficient computing
Energy harvesting

Water Engineering

Catchment hydrology
Groundwater
Uncertainty and risk
Sensitivity analysis
Water resource management
Soil moisture and hydrometrology
Floods and droughts
Hydroinformatics
Hydro-epidemiology
Water quality
Climate change impacts
Water, sanitation and health
Climate and sanitation
Weather radar
Predictions in ungauged basins
Land atmosphere modelling

Earthquake Engineering

Computational modelling
Materials science
Laboratory testing
Field monitoring

Research groups

Get in touch

bill.mcalister@bristol.ac.uk

Net Zero 2050 Capabilities

Meeting our Net Zero goals will involve significant changes to policies, public behaviour, and the development and deployment of new technologies to enable us to achieve this.

The University of Bristol has extensive research capability across many disciplines and hopes to bring these together to determine how best to support our Net Zero goals.